Spicy Shrimp Masala

How about some Spicy, Tangy & Sweet Shrimp!!!

Been a while since I blogged and I think I should restart my blogging efforts. I have a couple of awesome recipes that I seem to have kind of forgotten since I was lazy and did not blog about it. So hopefully this post will revive my blogging efforts. In fact I have decided that I am going to allocate some time every week for my blog. The entire recipe from start to finish took about an hour and I made about two batches for the dinner and refrigerated the rest of the shrimp to make some shrimp biryani for the next day. Recipe to follow.

Ingredients:

For the Masala:

2 tbsp cumin seeds

2 tbsp coriander seeds

3 cinnamon sticks

2 tsp cloves

2 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

For the marinade

2 lbs deveined, tail-off shrimp

1/2 onion (finely chopped)

2 tbsp masalapowder

2 tbsp ginger paste

1.5 tsp tamarind concentrate

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp chopped mint leaves

1 tsp chipotle chili powder

4 tbsp coconut milk

salt to taste

Directions

Dry roast the whole spices listed under ‘For the masala till the spices aromas are released.

Once cool, grind the whole spices with the red chili powder and turmeric. I use this spice mix when I need a homemade garam masala for a dry chicken, paneer of shrimp dish.

Fry the onions in some oil till the onion is lightly browned.

Clean and dry the shrimp completely and make sure that it is completely dry before adding the marinade ingredients including the fried onions.

Marinate this for about half hour. Next heat a non stick pan with some oil and add the marinated shrimp in a single layer. Flip the shrimp over once it is browned on one side. It takes about 5-7 mins to brown on a single side.

I served the shrimp with some quinoa and brown rice blend.

Hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we did. I just had to blog about it lest I forget the recipe. Thanks for reading my blog.